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Years of conflict between some homeowners in the Lake Jovita subdivision of eastern Pasco County and the Town of St. Leo ended last week with the stroke of the governor’s pen. Rick Scott signed into law H.B. 1401, which officially de-annexes a portion of Lake Jovita from one of the county’s oldest municipalities. The signing took place with no fanfare, and was in fact one of 55 bills that became law that day. The bill was introduced by state Rep. Amanda Murphy, D-New Port Richey, designed to allow more than 80 homes in Lake Jovita join the rest of its neighborhood in unincorporated Pasco. It goes into affect immediately, which means two commissioners in the town government who live in Lake Jovita are no longer on the commission. That includes Ray Davis, who beat longtime commissioner Donna DeWitt in the April municipal elections. He will actually be removed from the commission before he

even officially joins. The remaining commissioners will now appoint people to fill the vacancies. It’s not clear, however, if DeWitt will return. The Tallahassee action was required because a municipality cannot de-annex an area that meets all the conditions that would’ve allowed the town to annex it otherwise. That means if an unincorporated neighborhood meets all the qualifications allowing it to be annexed into a town, that town cannot de-annex it later. To make that happened, St. Leo and Lake Jovita needed a bill to pass both the House and Senate, and then a signature from the governor. The new St. Leo will see its population drop from 1,369 to 1,173, according to a House committee report. The expected financial impact of the move would decrease the town’s revenue by $50,000, or 15 percent. It also would reduce the number of rooftops by 85. Lake Jovita is a planned 871-home development that broke ground in the late 1990s, and is located primarily in unincorporated Pasco County.

Tired of seeing a neighbor’s car up on concrete blocks? Worried that snakes are finding a paradise in a home’s overgrown yard on your street? Making a complaint to Pasco County’s Customer Service Department requires a name, address and telephone number. But it might not be that way for long. Pasco County Commissioners are exploring the idea of allowing the option to report code violations and other problems anonymously. It would help encourage neighbors to keep Pasco looking good without the fear of retaliation. But not everyone on the commission is on board. “I am very concerned with going anonymous,” Commissioner Henry Wilson said during a workshop last week in Dade City.“I think it would be a huge burden to the (code enforcement) officers, but I will defer to them. If they think it’s the better option to do that, then I would be willing to look into it.” Joaquin Servia, Pasco’s code enforcement manager, said moving to a system where someone didn’t have to give their name when filing a complaint could require more money and manpower than his department currently has. “There is a real chance that just accepting pure anonymous complaints is going to increase the number of frivolous complaints we get,” Servia said.“It could just turn into spite, a neighbor-on-neighbor-type of dispute that gets elevated to where now you can use government to club your neighbor over the head.” However, many people don’t complain about problems they see in their neighborhoods, because the fear of reprisal is just too great, Commissioner Kathryn Starkey said. “When they call in to complain, their cars get keyed and they get trash thrown in their yards,” she said.“Seems to me that we can do a mixture of these two (named complaints and anonymous), where we could take down the number and information of the person making the complaint, but not give it out.” Except the county would not be able to do that, Servia said. Even a code enforcement complaint is public record, and government would have to comply with public records laws in releasing that inforSee CODE, page 14

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Technology helps people hear the word of God By B.C. Manion

This is the universal symbol for a hearing loop. When this sign is posted, the space has been equipped to accommodate people with hearing difficulties.

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At some point in life, most people know how it feels to be out of the loop. They’re sitting at a table in a restaurant, but they’re too far away to hear what is causing the laughter erupting at the other end of the table. They’re at the edge of a crowd and can’t hear what the speaker is saying. Someone is singing on stage, but they can’t make out the words. Imagine if that was an everyday experience. That’s the kind of social isolation that people with hearing difficulties often face. Even with hearing aids, it can be difficult for them to hear in acoustically challenging places, such as a restaurant, a concert hall or a church. But technology is available to help change that scenario in places where sound systems are used. And recently, St.Timothy Catholic Church installed a hearing loop to help parishioners who have hearing difficulties become full participants in the liturgy. Charlie and Judith Reese of JC Audiology contributed the system components, which cost about $8,000. The Reeses are parishioners, and Judith is an audiologist with an office at 1541 Dale Mabry Highway, Suite 201, in Lutz. Keith Thal and his friend, James Weeks, volunteered their time and expertise to install and fine-tune the system.They both are professionals in the electronics field and knowledgeable in the science of sound, Judith said. Chase White, the director of music at St. Timothy, also played a key role. “St.Timothy is the first and only Catholic church in Hillsborough (County) that has this technology,” Charlie said.“I doubt that there are more than three other churches of any denomination in Hillsborough that has this.” A hearing loop, for lack of a better description, is an antenna that is based around the perimeter of a room or a building, Judith said.The antenna is linked to the sound system, and a person with a hearing aid that has an active telecoil — or T-coil — can pick up the signal.

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St. Timothy Catholic Church’s architectural design is acoustically challenging because of its high ceilings, hard surfaces and glass. A hearing loop has been installed to enable people with hearing difficulties to be full participants in the liturgy.

“The person puts their hearing aid in the reception mode, and whoever is speaking on the microphone, it comes right into their ears,” she said.“Also, it’s appropriately set for them because it goes through their hearing aid, so it compensates for their problem areas for hearing.” Hearing aids cannot be retrofitted to include a T-coil, but many hearing aids have them already, and their wearers simply are unaware of that fact, Judith said. Those purchasing new hearing aids may want to ask about the T-coil, she added, so they can be activated in large spaces that are acoustically challenging. “The audiologist would set it at the level that’s going to work best for that person,” she said.“They may have a knob or a switch or button on that device, to turn it on to the hearing loop channel, as it were.” The technology has been around for decades. “I think it’s about half of the hearing aids that are fit that have telecoils in them,” Judith said It’s not a cost issue, she said. People just need to know to ask about it when they get their hearing aids. “The hearing loop technology is just one more tool in our box to help people who have hearing impairments to live, full active lives,” Judith said.

At St. Timothy, there are two hearing loops. One goes around the chapel, on a ledge.The other, in the main sanctuary, was put in the conduit holding other sound system wiring. “St. Timothy, in particular, is a very acoustically challenging structure because of the architecture,” Judith said.“It’s kind of a basilica style with a big high-rounded ceiling, all hard surfaces, terrazzo tile, hard walls, lots of windows and metal. Even for people who have good hearing, it can be tough.” “There’s no carpet, no anything to absorb the sound,” Charlie said.“It’s all glass, marble and metal. So, that makes everything bounce off.” Hearing loss, in some ways, is worse than other disabilities that are visible, because it takes people away from society, Judith said. “You can’t engage,” she said. And, at church — where people come for spiritual refreshment and guidance — they can feel left out. “It’s very frustrating,” Judith said.They’ll say,“Everybody else is laughing at what the pastor said, but I didn’t hear it. They sang this beautiful song, but I couldn’t hear the words. Everybody else is crying.” In large spaces, such as church, it can be especially difficult to hear because of background noises, the Reeses said. “The music overwhelms the talking, or

the people talking behind them, or children crying or laughing, or whatever,” Judith said. That noise competes with the liturgy of the Mass. “There are all kinds of accommodations they make for other disabilities, but very few accommodations for hearing loss,” Charlie said. As the American population ages, the Reeses expect hearing loops to become more common, much like wheelchair ramps, hand rails and handicapped parking spaces. “This really has taken root in Europe,” Charlie said, noting Westminster Abbey has a hearing loop. The hearing loop project at St.Timothy took the better part of two years, Judith said. It took time to get the equipment installed and to fine-tune it, so it’s an effective way of helping people hear. Rev. Kenneth Malley, pastor at St.Timothy, said he knows the project is appreciated by people of all ages who have hearing difficulties. He recalled one older woman telling him about a hearing loop system at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Dunedin. She had tears in her eyes, Malley said. She told the priest,“I could finally hear what was going on.” St. Timothy and Our Lady of Lourdes have hearing loops, and Our Lady of Fatima in Citrus County is investigating the possibility of adding one. The Diocese of St. Petersburg is unaware of any other church within the diocese that has the technology, but some churches may have installed one without informing the diocese. The project at St. Timothy took some time, the Reeses said, but they think it’s worth the effort because it will help open people’s ears to the word of God.

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When the Holzbergers began learning about aquaponics five years ago, they didn’t realize their interest would blossom into a full-fledged business. But that’s exactly what happened. After attending a training session on aquaponics at MorningStar Fisherman in Dade City about four years ago, they began devising their own system at their Lutz home. “We never stopped building and changing and fixing and growing and learning,” said Dustin Holzberger, who now operates The Urban Food Forest Inc., a business that manufactures and assembles aquaponic systems at 13219 Byrd Drive in Odessa. The family was aware there was a market for an aquaponic system that was simple and attractive, said Michele Holzberger, his wife and the company’s co-owner.The family experimented with several variations before coming up with systems they decided to manufacture and sell. “The company then began building systems for people,” Dustin Holzberger said. That’s where their son, Colin, comes in. He installs the systems. In essence, aquaponics is the marriage of aquaculture — raising fish and hydroponics, growing plants without soil. When the systems are tied together, the fish waste becomes a food source for the plants, which in turn provide a natural filter for the water where the fish live. The Holzbergers have developed different kinds of aquaponic systems. One, called a mini system, is the shape of the barrel. It has fish on the bottom tier and plants on the top. Another, called the Green Thumb System, has larger containers, which look more like tubs. Another variation, which is the largest, is

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Colin Holzberger stands with a mini system produced by The Urban Food Forest, an Odessa-based company that manufactures aquaponics systems.

a trough system connected to a fish tank. The company calls this one the Aquaponics Victory Garden, which they say is like having a farmer’s market in your backyard. “The Urban Food Forest’s vision is to integrate aquaponics into classrooms and backyards of our society, where we can build a food forest, one aquaponic farm at a time,” according to the company’s website. The Holzbergers, who have three children, grow their own vegetables.They want others to be able to do so as well. “What we wanted was for every person to have the confidence and the ability to grow some of their own food that is healthy,” Michele Holzberger said.

maintenance instructions for the system. Word is getting out about the Odessa company. “We just go an order yesterday from Virginia Tech. They want to put one in their lobby,” Dustin Holzberger said. The trend toward sustainable practices is growing, and people are interested in growing their own foods, Michele Holzberger said. “Organic vegetables are so expensive,” she These troughs are filled with plants that are grown through a sys- said.“And now, people are tem that combines aquaculture and hydroponics, so the plants eating kale, Swiss chard can benefit from the nutrients produced from the fish waste, and and greens, instead of vitathe fish can benefit from the plants filtering the water. mins,” she said. “They’re growing their healthy food right in their backyard, and they’re putWHAT: Aquaponics open house at The ting it in their salads and smoothies, and Urban Food Forest, 13219 Byrd Drive in Odessa they can feel confident that it’s clean and WHEN: May 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. good for them.” COST: Free Colin Holzberger, who delivers and sets up the systems, said people want to know what they can grow and how to care for the The systems they manufacture have been fish.They also have questions about water appealing, in particular, to schools, she said. chemistry. “It’s something they can keep indoors,” she Aquaponics offers many advantages, said.“And, it’s something that by incorporating Dustin Holzberger said. aquaponics in a science class, they can actual“You’re gardening without weeding, ly forego expensive labs and other teaching without tilling, without watering. Basically, materials because this is so rich. It can be you took a lot of work out of gardening,” he plants and roots for younger kids. It can be said.“Yet, you still get the same produce, if water chemistry and pH for older students. not more.” “It can be just teaching children where Besides having the location in Odessa, food comes from and how to begin to think the company also has an affiliation with about food as something, that normally, Holloway Farm Supply at 3036 Land O’ throughout history people have grown Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes. themselves.” For more information about aquaponics The systems include graphics that pro- and The Urban Food Forest, go to vide information about aquaponics and TheUrbanFoodForest.com.

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People often have things they always wanted to do or try, but never got around to it. For Bob Barbero, that thing was a Memorial Day parade. Barbero didn’t want to attend one. He wanted to start one. “It’s something I’ve had in my mind to do for 30 years,” he said.“It was one of those bucket list things.” In his working years, Barbero never had the time to put it together. Now that he’s retired, he joined fellow members of the Knights of Columbus Assembly 2741 and Council 8104, and their first Memorial Day parade is scheduled for May 26 at 9 a.m. The hardest part of organizing a parade, which took nearly a year, was the logistics and compliance issues, Barbero said. They wanted to set up a route that wouldn’t block any roads completely, making parade logistics especially challenging. Traffic control also was important, as was setting up first aid stations, gathering permits and purchasing insurance. But the easy part was getting participants. Barbero was pleasantly surprised to find that, once groups heard about the pa-

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of Columbus work frequently with the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home at 6919 Parkway Blvd., and Barbero wanted to make sure their residents would be able to see the parade. “I said, gee, wouldn’t it be nice to have a parade so these fellas could come outside and see the bands and all of this? And that’s exactly what is happening,” he said. The parade begins at Dupree Lakes before turning at Ehren Cutoff and then Parkway Boulevard, where the nursing home is located.And while Barbero doesn’t know how many people will turn out on Monday, the Knights of Columbus are prepared for strong attendance with nearly 500 American flags to hand out to parade-goers. But regardless of how many people will be at the Memorial Day parade, Barbero feels good about the organizational and community support, and the ability to pay tribute to those who made sacrifices around the world for everyone else here at home. “I’m an American, and I think we should all do what we can, when we can,” Barbero said.“The main thing is to never forget what got us here, how many wonderful people that gave their lives so that we can walk around these streets in America and feel free.”

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Winners and losers from tough Tallahassee session By Michael Hinman mhinman@lakerlutznews.com

Amphibians like frogs and toads can create thousands of tadpoles each season, but only a few actually survive to become adults just like their parents. That could be the perfect way to describe how lawmaking works in Tallahassee. Hundreds of bills are introduced during each session of the Florida Legislature, but very few survive. And it was especially true with local lawmakers who successfully introduced 30 bills that would eventually, in some form, pass both the House and the Senate. But the bill graveyard this term was more than double. Yet, House Speaker Will Weatherford, RWesley Chapel, was happy with the results he achieved with his Senate counterpart, Don Gaetz, R-Destin. “Among the priorities that were passed are stronger laws to make Florida the worst place for violent criminals, the Florida G.I. Bill to provide our veterans with the opportunity to receive in-state tuition, and expansion of school choice, significant welfare reform, and measures to improve

governance and Florida’s (information technology) infrastructure,”Weatherford said in an email to The Laker/Lutz News. But what the speaker was not able to push through was pension reform. “That means we will continue to spend more than $500 million per year to shore up our state’s pension system for the foreseeable future,”Weatherford said. Six House members and three senators serve the residents in central to east Pasco County, as well as northern Hillsborough County.Those elected officials range from the likes of Weatherford and Land O’ Lakes Republican Richard Corcoran based right here at home, to people like Sen. Tom Lee, RBrandon, and Rep. Dan Raulerson, R-Plant City. Combined, they introduced 90 bills, with just a third of them making it past the required votes to either head to Gov. Rick Scott, or be adopted without needing his approval. But no one was immune to watching bills die, and every lawmaker had favorites they were sorry to see go. “We were hopeful in passing legislation that allowed our local governments a cheapContinued on next page

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The bill was introduced on the House side by state Rep. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, although it was the identical Senate bill that would get the attention instead. Of the six bills Cruz introduced during the recent session, this was the only one to make it out of a subcommittee.

Some of the bills that made it past the Legislature include: H.B. 1191/S.B. 450 – Telephone Solicitation Don’t let the name on this bill mislead you. While it’s designed to make it harder for telemarketers to reach people unsolicited, this bill — which is on its way to the governor — would actually block unsolicited text messages as well for people who add their cell numbers to the “Do Not Call” registry.

H.B. 523 – Licensure to Carry a Concealed Weapon or Firearm This bill was the creation of state Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, which would authorize county tax collector offices to accept applications and renewals for concealed weapons

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State Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, had three of his eight bills pass both chambers this past session, including one that would allow county tax collector offices to accept concealed weapon permit and renewal applications.

and other firearms permits. But anyone who takes advantage of the change would have to pay additional “convenience” fees, which the tax collector’s office will get to keep. The bill faced some opposition in the House, where it did pass 94-22. But it was a clean sweep through the Senate, where no one voted against it. H.B. 203/S.B. 260 – Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Hospitals and doctors typically cannot treat minors without receiving the consent of a par-

ent or guardian. But that can be difficult to obtain for young people who are homeless and away from their family. This bill, from state Rep. Dan Raulerson, RPlant City, would help the nearly 7,000 homeless youth that are believed to be living in Florida seek medical care when they need it. It provides them the right to give consent for the care, with the exception of abortions, which still require parental notification. The Senate took up the identical S.B. 260 instead, which passed both chambers unanimously.

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State Rep. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, was able to get her bill banning telemarketers to text people on the ‘Do Not Call’ registry to the governor’s desk.

Continued from previous page er, easier way to provide better water and wastewater programs,” state Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz, said. “Hopefully next year we can find a way to provide lower-cost utilities for the consumer.” “The biggest goal we did not achieve was the expansion of Medicaid,” state Rep. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, said.“I still cannot believe that we came home from Tallahassee without even addressing this issue.” Corcoran, who is expected to become House Speaker in the coming years, also felt health care was a missed opportunity. “Our attempts to improve the quality of treatment, improve access to care, and lower health care costs simply did not go far enough,” he said.“Consumers must be put in

control of their health care dollars, not all these corporations who only care about the bottom line.” At the same time, there was still success to be celebrated, especially when it came to local collaboration. Like Corcoran and Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, in passing what Corcoran says is “one of the best pro-consumer water bills in years.” “This will give customers of private water companies a more equitable seat at the table to address the poor water quality provided to them,” Corcoran said.“Now, customers will have the ability to petition the Public Service Commission and have the opportunity to force the utility to improve the quality of water in their community.” That’s S.B. 272, also known as the “Consumer Water Protection Act,” that came about because of water problems in a New

S.B. 566 – Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program This bill from state Sen. Tom Lee, RBrandon, would have allowed students in the Florida Bright Futures scholarship program to, among other things, have a wider choice of volunteer service work areas to choose from beyond social areas, including civic or professional interests. It also would’ve prohibited those students from earning money or academic credit for doing the work required to

Port Richey subdivision. The bill “was filed to help my constituents in Summertree who have water quality issues, but the bill will help all of Florida’s consumers if they have issues or problems (with) water quality or service from the utility servicing their area,” Simpson said. The session is over, with Scott now contemplating which measures to sign, which to allow to become law without his signature, and which to veto. Lawmakers are set to do it all again after the next cycle, which will include some familiar faces, and some new ones as well. No matter what, lawmakers provide a common refrain: we must learn how to

take advantage of the program. The Senate actually liked Lee’s proposal, and passed it 36-1 on April 24. But the House never took it up, and without its approval, this idea — at least for this session — has gone dark. S.B. 958 – Fee Waivers for Purple Heart Recipients They served their country, and were injured in the process. And Florida has rewarded those returning Purple Heart soldiers with various benefits, including free tuition at state colleges and universities, and discounts for other government services. State Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, however, wanted to give Purple Heart recipients and their families free lifetime membership to Florida state parks. It’s actually not clear how many Purple Heart recipients live among the 1.5 million veterans in Florida, but more than 12,000 Purple Heart license plates are currently in circulation, according to a Senate analysis. Simpson originally wanted to give Purple Heart soldiers free access to toll roads as well, but that idea was the first to go. The rest of the bill followed after it stalled in the Transportation Committee in April, and senators never picked it back up.

work together better. “I will work with my colleagues to build a consensus, and work hard on that legislation (that did not pass) next session,” Simpson said. “I plan to continue to work with our local governments and partners in the House and Senate on utilities legislation to provide lower-cost utilities for our consumers,” Legg said. But sometimes, achieving goals also means knowing who your enemies are.And Corcoran has his picked out. “The key is to never back down to the special interest,” he said, “and fight them wherever and whenever you can.”

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The Southwest Florida Water Management District will host an open house May 22 starting at 4 p.m., at Wesley Chapel High School, 30651 Wells Road, to gather information from residents living in the New River/Upper Hillsborough River watersheds.The goal is to improve identification of flood-prone areas. For information, call (352) 796-7211, ext. 4297, or visit WaterMatters.org/FloodRisk.

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Land O’ Lakes AARP Chapter 4764 will meet May 23 at 10:30 a.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Community Center, 5401 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. Guest speaker is William Aycrigg, president and chief executive of Community Aging and Retirement Services. Anyone older than 50 can attend.A potluck lunch will be provided. For information, call (813) 996-1361, or email pebross@verizon.net.

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Rushe Middle School, 18654 Mentmore Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, is hosting a talent show and donation drawing May 23 at 6 p.m. More than 20 students will perform, and there will be more than 20 baskets for the drawing.Tickets are $5 for the show, and $1 each for the drawing. Concessions will be sold. For information, call Dawn McDonald at (813) 346-1200.

Books for Troops needs volunteers to sort and pack books in its storage unit at 54 U-Store in Lutz. Day and evening opportunities are available. All hours contributed are eligible for Presidential Service awards. The organization is approved for National Honor Society service hours. To complete an online application, visit BooksForTroops.org.

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Myrtle Lake Baptist Church, 2017 Reigler Road in Land O’ Lakes, will host a free scrapbook day May 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Participants are asked to bring their own supplies, lunch and snacks. Space is limited. For information, call Jo Anne Shaffer at (813) 996-1185, or Penny Benitez at (813) 3231867.

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Skippers’ Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road in Tampa, will host its annual “Scratch My Back” concert May 25 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., to benefit Friends of Hillsborough County Animal Services.The event raises awareness for summer pet safety, and funds for rescued animals.Admission is $10 for adults, and free for kids 10 and younger. Parking is free. Pets will not be admitted. For information, call (813) 971-0666, or visit SkippersSmokehouse.com.

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The Oakstead community, 3038 Oakstead Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, will be the site for water aerobics on Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday at 9 a.m. Cost is $4 per class. It is open to the public. For information, call Julie Brucker at (813) 996-7186, or email julbruc@yahoo.com.

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The Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin St., in downtown Tampa, will host a “Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas” fundraiser July 12. Premium sampling begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are $70 in advance. Grand sampling begins at 8 p.m., and tickets are $45. Theater members save $5 off advance tickets. Guests are invited to dress as their favorite character or come in a “Loathing”inspired costume. For information, visit TampaTheatre.org.

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The Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department is offering a variety of summer camps for children ages 6 to 16, during a series of two-week camps from June 16 through Aug. 8. Camps are on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at various locations. Online registration is now open at HillsboroughCounty.org/SummerCamps.

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Grove 16 Cobb Theatres, 6333 Wesley Grove Blvd., in Wesley Chapel, will begin its free summer kids shows at 10 a.m., every Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday, starting with “Turbo” and “Walking with Dinosaurs” on June 17, June 18 and June 19. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Schools, groups and camps are welcome. Same-day ticketing only. For information, call (813) 948-5444.

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The Florida Aquarium, 701 Channelside Drive in Tampa, is hosting a “Day of Discovery” for families with sensory disabilities such as autism May 24 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Special activities and animal interactions are planned.Admission is $5 in advance, and $8 at the door. For information, call (813) 273-4030.

Eve’s Garden Gifts, 5602 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes hosts free bonsai tree demonstrations every Saturday in May from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants can learn to pot, trim and shape their bonsai tree. For information, call (813) 996-5012.

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

Knights of Columbus Assembly 2741 and Council 8104 will present their inaugural Memorial Day parade May 26 starting at 9 a.m., and concludes with a service at Memorial Park.The route will start at Dupree Lakes Boulevard off Collier Parkway, and end at the Baldomero Lopez Memorial Veterans Nursing Home on Parkway Boulevard, in Land O’ Lakes. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco will be grand marshal. For information on participation, call Bob Barbero at (813) 995-2736, or Ed Aguila at (813) 995-0973.

GULFSIDE’S SPOTLIGHT ON PASCO

Gulfside Hospice & Pasco Palliative Care will host its second annual Spotlight on Pasco May 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Gulf View Square, 9409 U.S. 19 in Port Richey. The event will promote safety for senior citizens, and will include self-defense demonstrations, an Elvis impersonator, door

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GOODWILL AND DINOSAURS

Donors who drop off clothing or household items at any Goodwill Industries-Suncoast donation site before May 31 will receive a coupon good for two free children’s tickets to Dinosaur World, 5145 Harvey Tew Road in Plant City, with paid adult admissions, while supplies last. Coupons can be redeemed through July 31. For a list of donation sites, visit Goodwill-Suncoast.org.

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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 2348 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes, will have a craft and yard sale May 31 from 8 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot. Spaces are $10 and proceeds will go to the youth building fund. For information, call Coleen Ward at (813) 997-0917, or Doreen Ward at (813) 9971045.

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Wesley Chapel Cadet Squadron of Civil Air Patrol, located at the North Tampa Aero Park just off State Road 54, meets every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., next to the airport hangar. Cadets range from 12 to 21 years old, and senior members are 18 and older. For information and a schedule of activities, visit WesleyChapelCAP.com.

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Feeding America Tampa Bay-Suncoast Branch, 5829 Ehren Cutoff in Land O’ Lakes, is looking for volunteers. Parents must accompany volunteers younger than 16.Volunteer hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, as well as two Saturdays per month.After-school hours are offered for students to acquire Bright Future credits. For information, call (813) 929-0200.

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Private schools nurture a love of reading in children By B.C. Manion bcmanion@lakerlutznews.com

Karen Green began her private school five years ago with two children — her daughter,Addison, and another little girl. She knew leaving the security of her job with Hillsborough County School District to launch her own preschool was a leap of faith. But she felt compelled to do it. “I had to put my children in daycare,” Green said.“They weren’t getting early literacy lessons. I wanted a place where the love of reading and learning to read meet.” She wasn’t interested in using a boxed reading program, or being limited to materials approved by a large school district. Her goal isn’t to merely teach children how to read, but help them develop a love for it. So, Green decided to take the plunge and launch her own school. “The Reading Corner really started on my couch with a computer,” said Green, a former reading coach and first-grade public school teacher. It was slow going at first. But as word spread, Green found out that she wasn’t the only one who wanted early literacy opportunities for her children. By April 2010, she had 40 children coming to her in some capacity, and she leased out a 1,500-square-foot space in Seven Oaks. But The Reading Corner quickly outgrew that space, too. Last year, Green and co-owner Jackie Petersen decided to take another giant leap of faith and added an academy for kindergarten through fifth-grade. They call that school TRC Academy. The Reading Corner is at 1800 Collier Parkway. TRC Academy and The Reading Corner is at 19215 Livingston Ave. The total enrollment for both schools is 289, which includes 64 kindergarten through fifthgraders in TRC Academy. “We have a lot of teachers that have been teachers before that maybe stayed home once they had babies,” Green said. “They stayed home for a couple of years and maybe didn’t want to go back to the grind of full-time.” The school offers flexible schedules for its staff, which has resulted in many parttime teachers. “We are all moms first,” Green said. There’s also an effort to keep tuition affordable, she added. “Parents know that we could easily increase tuition, but we don’t,” Green said.“We don’t have teachers that leave and we have very few families leave, so we create that

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Karen Green, left and Jackie Petersen are co-owners of The Reading Corner and TRC Academy, both in Lutz. Both schools emphasize nurturing a love of reading among children.

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culture of consistency. “We are small and we are going to remain small. We want to ensure that we know our kids personally,” she added. Along those lines, the teacher-student ratio is low, with a ratio 2-to-20 for kindergarten through third grade, and a ratio of 1-to-15 for grades three through five. In voluntary pre-kindergarten, the ratio is 2-to-16 at the Collier Parkway campus, and 1-to-11 at the Livingston campus. Programs for younger children have ratios ranging from 1-to-8 to 1-to-6, depending on the age. Delivering personalized instruction is a critical part of Green and Petersen’s philosophy. Each child, teacher and classroom is unique, Green explained. “For our reading … we do individual reading conferences for all of the kids,” she said. The teacher gives them a book, and from

there try to figure out their area of weakness. “We focus on what that child needs helps in, and then we do individual reading conferences twice a week,” Green said. And it’s made a difference. “We have found that that program has completely changed the way these kids are reading,” Green said.“They’re having more conversations about the books they’re reading. They’re understanding them better. Their fluency is better.” In essence, they get help exactly when and where they need it. “We’re very big into active literacy, which means you’re communicating, you’re talking, you’re thinking about what you’re reading,” Green added. A walk through the campus on Livingston reveals welcoming teachers and young children who are engaged in lessons or activities.

Petersen, who was a teacher at Carrollwood Day School before she joined the staff, said she, too took a leap of faith when she left her previous job. “Something was just drawing me,” Petersen said. She began as a teacher, and has gone on to become a co-owner. Petersen has a degree in finance, so she focuses on financial issues, while Green focuses on academics. Besides offering classes during the academic year, there are summer programs and afternoon programs, too. Someday, the school may extend into higher grades, but for now it is focusing on ensuring excellence in the existing preschool and academy, Green said. Both schools also will remain rooted in the mission of nurturing a joy of reading in children. “I love seeing kids getting immersed in reading,” Green said.

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Bill Heinrich has been named the new chief financial officer of Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, making the short move from Florida Hospital Tampa where he was the assistant vice president of finance since August 2011. Heinrich has been with the Adventist Health System since 2004, and brings more than 10 years of experience in hospital finance. During his time at Bill Heinrich Florida Hospital Tampa, located near the University of South Florida’s main campus, Heinrich oversaw the renovation of Florida Hospital Tampa’s

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These kindergartners are having a good time at TRC Academy, a private school for kindergarten through fifth-graders in Lutz.

Home and community developers from Pasco and northern Hillsborough counties picked up 14 awards recently as the Tampa Bay Builders Association named its 2014 Parade of Homes winners. The parade itself featured 143 model homes by 33 builders in more than 80 Tampa Bay area communities from Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk and Hernando counties. Judging was done by a panel of independent homebuilding experts who, according to a release, considered site plan, curb appeal, design, materials, outdoor living spaces, architectural detailing, and workmanship. Among the local communities, Connerton was the biggest winner with two grand and two merit awards.Terra Bella in Land O’ Lakes earned grand and merit awards, as did Cordoba Estates in Lutz.

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Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel has become the title sponsor for the inaugural Land O’ Lakes Memorial Day Parade hosted by the Knights of Columbus. The parade, which begins at 9 a.m., on May 26, will start at Dupree Lakes Boulevard off Collier Parkway, and end just past the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home on Parkway Boulevard.The event is free to the community. The parade also will include marching bands from area schools, as well as Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco as the grand marshal. For information about the parade, call

NEW MODELS UNDERWAY AT HERON PRESERVE

Lennar has started construction of two new model homes at Heron Preserve at KBar Ranch in New Tampa. The community, located on Climbing Aster Drive near Kinnan Street in New Tampa, has plans for 118 homes ranging in size from three to six bedrooms, and priced from $248,000 to around $350,000. The Eastham model is a three-story, fourbedroom, 2,065-square-foot house, while the two-story Harwich model home will offer five bedrooms and 3,777 square feet of space.

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Don Carter, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, has opened an office of The Interface Financial Group in Dade City. The office is expected to help small businesses in the area access to alternative sources for working capital. “There are many growing local businesses that are unable to get traditional bank financing,” Carter said, in a release.“I am very excited about the opportunity to provide financial options to local business owners so they can achieve greater success.” The office will be located at 12701 Grand Traverse Drive in Dade City. It can be reached at (352) 668-4519.

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May 21, 2014

Look out for gopher tortoises on spring strolls The Laker/Lutz News Staff Report

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‘Plant Lady’ earns accolades through woman’s club Pat Serio, right, publicity chair for the GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club, congratulates Elaine Pittman — a longtime club member and Lutz resident — on receiving the club’s Volunteer of the Year award. Pittman was honored for her service to the club, her community and her church. She has been dubbed the ‘Plant Lady’ because she grows and sells potted plants and donates her proceeds to local charities.

A gopher tortoise strolling across a road or through a backyard or field is a common sight during spring in Florida. Yet, as tortoises become increasingly active this time of year, they are vulnerable to being struck by vehicles, and injured or killed. Don’t forget to look out for these slowmoving reptiles with their bony-plated shells and elephantine legs, state officials said.They leave their burrows in search of green plants to eat and a tortoise to become their mate. From now through the end of May, females will lay eggs the size of pingpong balls in the sandy apron outside their burrows. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission encourages drivers to slow down on highways to help protect the state’s gopher tortoises. If a gopher tortoise is crossing the road, it is OK to pick it up and move it to safety. However, keep it pointed in the direction it was heading, and do not put it in the water.

People also can help by using a new smartphone app called “Florida gopher tortoise” that’s available for both iPhone and Android. When users of the app use it to take a photograph of a tortoise or its burrow, the photo and its GPS coordinates will be sent automatically to the wildlife group. This data will help guide conservation of this threatened species, as well as provide information to the user on the biological makeup and even a quiz about the only tortoise making its home east of the Mississippi River. The wildlife commission conducts regular prescribed burning to help maintain the sandy, open fields and forests as well as the soft-stemmed plants that tortoises need to survive. It’s part of the overall gopher tortoise management plan maintained by the wildlife commission, which can be accessed at MyFWC.com/Wildlife. To report injured or dead gopher tortoises, call (850) 921-1030 during weekdays, or the hotline after-hours at (888) 404-3922. Harming a gopher tortoise, its burrows or eggs is against the law.

Scott signs hurricane tax holiday bill into law The Laker/Lutz News Staff Report

Gov. Rick Scott signed H.B. 5601 into law May 12 that creates a nine-day sales tax holiday for hurricane supplies beginning May 31 and running through June 8. “Hurricane season begins June 1, and Florida families need to get a plan,” Scott said, in a release.“While we always hope for the best, Florida families need to be prepared for anything.” That includes having a family disaster kit

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with supplies and medications, being prepared to evacuate if advised, and knowing evacuation routes and where pets can be brought, Scott said. During the holiday, shoppers will be able to purchase hurricane-related supplies like flashlights, batteries, weather radios and other essential items. Among the items that are covered, according to the finalized bill sent to the governor: • Portable, self-powered lights, selling for less than $20

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not valid. Is that a waste of resource? Yeah. “So if we were to take anonymous complaints across the board, we are going to take a look at a spike in that,” Phillips added. Mariano loves the sweeps code enforcement conducts from time to time, because not only will it take care of a problem neighborhood, but it also causes surrounding neighborhoods to shape up because they are concerned they’ll be targeted next. Yet, sweeps hitting property after property in a specific area require a lot of manpower, which pulls them away from everywhere else. “We have to draw about 50 percent of our resources to do that,” Phillips said. “That’s 50 percent of our county that is not being covered. So what we gain ground here, we’re losing ground over there.” Commissioner Pat Mulieri, who wasn’t at the workshop, will likely be the swing vote on any decision with code enforcement.The commission itself was split with Starkey and Mariano leaning toward allowing anonymous complaints, and Wilson and Ted Schrader against it. The commission did not set a timetable on when it would be addressed again.

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Lutz Patriots continue making every Friday a flag day By Michael Murillo mmurillo@lakerlutznews.com

Every Friday afternoon, drivers on U.S. 41 near the Old Lutz School are making hand gestures and honking their horns. But they aren’t frustrated residents stuck in a traffic jam.The hand gestures are waves and thumbs-up, and they’re honking their horns at the Lutz Patriots, who line up American flags by the former school once a week. The Patriots are not a political organization, but they do want to remind drivers that troops remain in harm’s way, and that military personnel and their families still need support. According to member Bruce Hockensmith, people are getting the message. “If you stand here and watch us, you’ll hear the horns honking and see the lights flashing,” Hockensmith said.“It’s like a silent majority, people who support the troops.” The Lutz Patriots have waved to drivers almost every Friday since 2003.The group was founded by two sisters, Karen Williams and Barbara Mueller, who wanted to show support for a family member at a time when there was public anti-war sentiment during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Now, a core group of about 10 make up the organization, who still line up flags by the school and still get a strong showing of support from the drivers who see them on their Friday afternoon travels. The Lutz Patriots is mostly made up of retired military, and they recognize that their weekly message is seen by those who serve and their families, as well as the general public. Sometimes members of the military will stop and say hello and thank them for their display.

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Jim Russell, left, Bill McCray and Bruce Hockensmith of the Lutz Patriots wave to drivers along U.S. 41, who honk their horns in return to show support. The group has been setting up flags near the Old Lutz School on Fridays for more than a decade to show support for the military and their families.

For Jim Russell, a Lutz resident who was in the U.S. Navy, it’s especially important that members of the military feel appreciated for their service. Russell was in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War, and received a negative, disrespectful reception when he came home. “I got off the ship in San Francisco in 1967. Does that tell you anything?” he said.“I don’t want to see things get back to that. It’s part of the reason I’m out here.” While the Lutz Patriots can be found waving their flags every Friday, it’s not the only place they make their presence felt. When the remains of a fallen soldier are returned via MacDill Air Force Base, the group sets up their flags along Bayshore Boulevard in South Tampa to let the grieving family know their sacrifice doesn’t go unrecognized. They also send packages to troops stationed across the globe. Hockensmith, who served in the U.S.Army and was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War, said the group recently spent more than $700 in postage to send out a series of packages. Hockensmith has been with the group since they began their weekly event, and said it feels strange on the rare occasions when bad weather prevents them from being there.They want to make sure drivers take a moment to remember those who are around the world serving in the military. “We just want to keep them aware that we do have guys and gals serving that are in harm’s way every minute of every day,” he said.“We don’t want those people serving out there to be forgotten.” The Lutz Patriots start setting up flags around 4:30 p.m. every Friday. To contact the group or make a donation, visit LutzPatriots.com, or e-mail Hockensmith at lutzpatriots@verizon.net.

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As a group, the Keystone community is known for taking control of its own destiny, its civic association a powerful force of more than 4,200 homes just across the Hillsborough County line. But a town hall gathering this week will ask those same residents to take control of a different kind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one that involves their own home. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get Ready and Take Controlâ&#x20AC;? conference is set for May 22 beginning at 6:30 p.m., designed for residents to be ready when bad things happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cover 32 square miles, and we have an awful lot of wooded area,â&#x20AC;? said Tom Aderhold, president of the Keystone Civic Association, who is helping to organize the event.â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a lot of woods, a lot of lakes, and a lot of opportunity for misfortune to befall somebody.We want to make sure that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that Keystone isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t safe. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that life in this rural area between the smaller metropolis that is Tampa and the growth of Pasco County faces challenges its neighbors donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

For instance, children can get lost in the woods. Boaters and swimmers can have accidents in the lakes. Even encounters with the local wildlife can be troublesome. And even with Pasco on a fast path to growth, residents there also face some of the same issues, which is why everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether they live within Keystone or not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is invited to come out,Aderhold said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public services are slow to get to us, so sometimes we have to be ready to help ourselves,â&#x20AC;? he said. In the past, civic association and community leaders have worked with the Hillsborough County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office and other first-responder agencies to make the community more self-sufficient.That included making an inventory of the kind of equipment individual homeowners already have that could be made available in an emergency, and now there is about $400,000 worth at their disposal. Keystone also created citizen-led patrols led not by a car, but instead horses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keystone has one of the largest horse populations in the state of Florida,â&#x20AC;?Aderhold said.â&#x20AC;&#x153;We told the county that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want any of your cars, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just do it on horseback. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neat when you get a whole

bunch of people together doing these sort of things.â&#x20AC;? The meeting Thursday has two parts.The Keystone Citizen Corps & Emergency Operations Plan group is leading the first, designed specifically for homeowners. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who built a home or when, houses are vulnerable to events like storms. But they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a woman coming in from Florida Emergency Management Services from Tallahassee to do a workshop showing homeowners how they can walk parts of their home and identify the five components that need the most attention,â&#x20AC;? Aderhold said. They are water barriers, whole house anchoring, gable ends, window openings and doorways. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have building codes in Florida, and builders build right to those codes. But they can decay or deteriorate over time,â&#x20AC;?Aderhold said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have some retrofit specialists available as well to help homeowners.â&#x20AC;? The second part of the conference is a town hall-style presentation dealing with a number of issues like crime, burglary, identity theft, hazards and dangers at work and at home, and sudden property damage from natural or man-made events.

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Many people seek refuge indoors around this time of year, when outdoor air is full of pollen and other allergens. For allergy sufferers, however, the air indoors can prove to be just as problematic. Dust that collects in a home contains common household allergens such as dust mite particles and animal dander. If dust is distributed from furniture, hard surfaces and carpet, those allergens can become airborne and reduce indoor air quality.

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Last football season, the Sunlake Seahawks had a suffocating defense. They recorded four shutouts, and held their opponent to less than seven points three additional times, en route to a 9-2 record and a playoff berth. Last week, three of their standout players got together to do a little paperwork. Seniors Nick Larry, Joe Jean-Baptiste and Ricardo Williams participated in a ceremonial signing session to cement their college plans. Each of them will attend a different school, all on scholarship and with an opportunity to continue their athletic career in the collegiate ranks. Even though head coach Bill Browning has been a football coach for 36 years — including his tenure at Sunlake, which began when the school opened in 2007 — seeing athletes commit to colleges and continue their careers never gets old. “It’s something they work for and something they dream about, so it’s always exciting to see someone go on and get an opportunity that they’ve been working for,” he said. All his athletes have worked hard, Browning explained.They have a rigorous practice and preparation regimen, and he feels that their program — being in Florida, which is known as a strong area for high school football — will serve the players well at the next level. And the players who participated in the signing last week can’t wait to get there.

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Basketball camps at Saint Leo

The Saint Leo University men’s basketball team will host three basketball camps in June for boys ranging from first grade through high school. A two-day shooting camp will be June 67, the camp of champions will be June 9-12, and the Nike overnight camp will be June 15-18. All camps will be at the Marion Bowman Activities Center at the Saint Leo University campus, 33701 State Road 52. For information, call (800) 334-5532, or visit SaintLeoLions.com.

PFRWC golf outing June 8

The Pasco Federated Republican Women’s Club will host its inaugural golf outing on June 8 at The Groves Golf & Country Club, 7924 Melogold Circle in Land O’ Lakes. The group will donate half of the event’s profits to the Guardian Ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay. The golf outing begins with a shotgun scramble at 9:30 a.m. There also will be a putting contest, drawings and prizes. For information, call Fran Scerbo at (727) 597-3727, or email her at fmscerbo@yahoo.com; or call Meg Merritt at (813) 428-6541, or email her at megmerritt3@gmail.com.

June athletic camps at PHSC

Pasco-Hernando State College will host four separate sports camps next month. Boys and girls basketball will be June 911 and will cost $75. Girls fast pitch softball will be June 9-12 and will cost $65. Boys baseball will be June 16-18 and will cost $75, and girls volleyball will be June 1618 in two sessions. The cost is $100 for each session, or

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Joe Jean-Baptiste, left, Ricardo Williams and Nick Larry take part in a ceremonial signing at Sunlake High School on May 16. All three will continue their football careers after graduation.

“It’s honestly a dream come true,” said Jean-Baptiste, who played safety for Sunlake. He’ll attend Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, and play for the Storm on a partial scholarship. While he acknowledges the Seahawks had a strong defense, Jean-Baptiste also realizes that playing at the next level will include new challenges. Just as the speed of the game changed for Jean-Baptiste when he made the jump from junior varsity to var-

sity, he expects a similar increase in game speed in college. To prepare, he plans to spend time watching game film and scouting opponents when he’s not studying criminal justice. Larry will play football for Gattaca, a post-graduate team whose players attend Hillsborough Community College with an eye toward playing for bigger schools in their future. For him, attending college on a full scholarship validates the effort he put in

$175 for both. The school’s head coaches will run the camps, which will be at the West Campus, 10230 Ridge Road. For information, visit PHSC.edu.

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Basketball camps at Gaither High School

Gaither High School, 16200 N. Dale Mabry Highway, will host three basketball camps in June for boys and girls grades 2 through 8. Session I will be June 9-12, Session II will be June 16-19, and Session III will be June 23-26. The cost is $90 for one session, $165 for two, and $240 for all three. For information, call Coach Dwayne Olinger at (813) 975-7340, or send e-mail to dwayne.olinger@sdhc.k12.fl.us.

Steinbrenner basketball camps this summer

Steinbrenner High School, 5575 Lutz Lake Fern Road, will host two basketball camps this summer for boys and girls entering first through eighth grade. The first will be June 16-19, and the second will be July 7-10. Campers will receive instruction in fundamentals such as dribbling, passing and defense, and will participate in skill-related games. Awards will be given to group and gender winners during the camp. The cost is $90 per camper, with discounts given for multiple siblings. Same-day registration is $100. For information, call Steinbrenner coach J.R. Allen at (813) 792-5131, or e-mail warriorbasketballcamp@gmail.com.

Wiregrass Ranch High School golf event June 21

Wiregrass Ranch High School will host its annual Bull Chip four-person golf scramble on June 21 at the Quail Hollow Golf Course, 6225 Old Pasco Road in Wesley Chapel. Proceeds will benefit the school’s Band Boosters.

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Doubles tennis players sought

Tennis 4 u/Tennis Para Ti is looking for doubles tennis players for matches in Dade City. The organization also is offering private and group tennis lessons for players of all ages and skill levels. For information, call Jeanette Marcus at (813) 417-0061, or send an e-mail to jmarcusddm@gmail.com.

Summer camps at Lake Jovita

Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, 12900 Lake Jovita Blvd., in Dade City, will host three camps this summer. Two general summer camps will include golf, tennis and swimming, and one will be golf-specific that focuses on rules, swing techniques and sportsmanship. The general summer camps will be June 24-27 and July 22-25, and the golf-specific camp will be Aug. 12-15. Each camp costs $300 per attendee. For information, call (352) 588-9200, or email rweber@lakejovita.com.

Senior Sports looking for participants

Senior Sports is looking for interested tennis, volleyball, golf and bowling players who live in Pasco County. For information, call Walt Bockmiller at (813) 527-8211.

Cheer clinic at Sunlake

The state champion Sunlake High School cheerleading team will host a Little Seahawk Cheer Clinic over four days in July. The event is targeted toward students of Oakstead, Lake Myrtle, Denham Oaks,

to improve and excel during his high school career. “It feels amazing. It just shows that everything I did, I did right.And all the work I put in, it shows that it pays off,” Larry said. While the defensive tackle wants to take this time to improve and prepare for a football opportunity in the future, Larry doesn’t want to get ahead of himself. He’ll study sports management and make sure his grades are strong while he also focuses on football. Williams also was part of the team’s excellent defense as a cornerback, but he also played wide receiver. But when he attends Peru State College in Nebraska on a partial scholarship, he’ll play for the Bobcats on the offensive side of the ball at running back. And Williams believes that playing on defense in high school will help him when he suits up in college. “As the cornerback, you have to have quick hips and you have to stay focused at all times,”Williams said.“And I feel like that if you translate that to a running back, those are really good features to have.” He believes that his time playing defense will help him anticipate their moves and positioning, since he’s spent a lot of time thinking like a defensive player. When he’s not on the field, he’ll study nursing. All three players are eager to get their college careers going, but their coach has some advice for the soon-to-be college freshmen: Savor the moment and focus on what’s important. “Just work hard and enjoy the experience,” Browning said.“And the bottom line is, get the education.” Odessa and Rushe middle schools. The clinic will be July 21-23 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.The cost is $25 per student and includes a T-shirt and an opportunity to cheer with the varsity team at a game. For information, email coach Pennye Garcia at pgarcia@pasco.k12.fl.us.

Volleyball camps in June and July

Gaither High School, 16200 N. Dale Mabry Highway, will host volleyball camps twice weekly this summer. The middle school camp runs from June 9 through July 16 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the high school camp will run from June 10 through July 17 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All camp sessions will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost is $75 per person. For information, call (813) 975-7340, or email tim.boylan@sdhc.k12.fl.us.

Soccer camp highlights Spanish style

Ejje Soccer Academy is accepting registrations for its Tiki-Taka Day Camps this summer at 3032 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. The camps are named for Spanish-style soccer that emphasizes short, crisp passing, and ball control. Coaches from Spain’s soccer leagues will be on hand, and select attendees could be chosen to travel and showcase their talents in Spain. The camps will be July 14-18 and July 21-25. For information, call (813) 355-6671, or visit ProSoccerSpain.com.

Senior Slo Pitch registration

The Slo Pitch Softball League, geared toward players older than 60, hosts registration every Friday beginning at 8:30 a.m., at the Land O’ Lakes Recreation Complex, 3932 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. Teams will be balanced, and play Friday mornings. For information, call Walt Bockmiller at (813) 527-8211.

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Johnson joins North Tampa Behavioral Health Dr. Tonja Johnson has joined North Tampa Behavioral Health’s medical staff. Johnson is board certified in psychiatry through the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. She attended medical school at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, before relocating to complete her internship and residency at the University of South Florida.

Osteoarthritis seminar

The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will host the seminar “Current Treatments in Osteoarthritis” May 22 at noon. Dr. Peter Candelora will discuss non-operative and operative care, treatments using medications, injections and stem cell thera-

py, and current surgical approaches. Admission is free. A complimentary lunch will be served. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. For information, call (727) 834-5630, or email medicalcentertrinity@hcahealthcare.com.

Alzheimer’s education

The Alzheimer’s Association is co-sponsoring a free dementia education seminar May 22 at 7 p.m., at Arden Courts Memory Care Community, 14950 Casey Road in Tampa. Taylor Penvose from Arden Courts will present the seminar “Behaviors and Communication.” Seating is limited. Activity and care will be provided for loved ones during the session. For information, call (813) 963-6100.

Health insurance services

Premier Community HealthCare is offering outreach and enrollment services for those that need help with Access, Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan applications. There will be a head start/early enrollment event May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the District School Board Complex, Portable 23, 20425 Gator Lane in Land O’ Lakes. For information, call (352) 518-2000, ext. 9238.

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Bok Tower Gardens: A place of tranquility and beauty Worth the Trip By B.C. Manion bcmanion@cnewspubs.com

ong before Interstate 4 sliced through a swath of Florida, and Disney theme parks put Kissimmee on the map, there was an attraction in Lake Wales that beckoned to visitors to partake of its beauty. Bok Tower Gardens, deemed one of America’s finest gardens, offers visitors the chance to step away from the world’s cares and savor the handiwork of nature. The National Historic Landmark is worth a visit for people who enjoy music, architecture, history, wildlife, plants and flowers. This is a place that offers a feeling of serenity, as you walk along the mulched paths that meander through spacious grounds of oaks, palms, azaleas, irises and camellias. The garden was a gift to the American people from Edward W. Bok, a Dutch immigrant who became editor of The Ladies Home Journal and won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. “He wanted to make a place where people could just relax and get away from the grind of the world,” said David Price, president of Bok Tower Gardens.“Bok wanted a quiet place where people could come and sit and enjoy the sounds of birds and kind of find themselves.” An estimated 75,000 people attended the formal dedication on Feb. 1, 1929, where President Calvin Coolidge delivered an address.The National Broadcasting Company, which would later become known as NBC, provided national coverage through a hookup with a Gainesville radio station. Before Bok decided to transform the spot into a place of beauty, not everyone was sold on his vision. “There were a lot of naysayers who said you couldn’t plant on a sand hill and it would be hard to keep things alive,” Price said. But Bok commissioned famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., to design the garden. After Olmsted’s work was well on its way, Bok revealed his plans for a carillon tower, inspired by the carillon towers of his childhood in the Netherlands. He hired Milton B. Medary of Philadelphia to design the 205-foot tower that became the architectural centerpiece of the garden. Constructed of pink and gray marble and tan coquina stone, the tower houses 60 bells, ranging in weight from 16 pounds to

The brass panels on this door depict the biblical account of creation. Samuel Yellin, considered at that time to be America’s premier metalworker, did the work.

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When Edward W. Bok created his garden sanctuary in Lake Wales, his goal was to provide a place of refreshment, where people could get away from the grind of the world, said Bok Tower president David Price.

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The 205-foot Singing Tower is the architectural centerpiece of Bok Tower Gardens. Those who enjoy fine craftsmanship will find plenty to appreciate, and those who enjoy carillon music can enjoy two half-hour concerts daily. Premier metalworker Sam Yellin fashioned these wrought iron gates, which open to the walkway to the tower’s front door.

12 tons. A carillonneur plays the bells by striking wooden keys that tug on a wire that activates the clapper of the corresponding bells. “The tower complements the serenity of the garden,” Price said. “It’s a neo-gothic style. It has almost sort of a spiritual quality.” Nearly 150,000 visitors drop by Bok Tower Gardens each year, with about 60 percent of those guests traveling more than 50 miles to get there, Price said. Some visitors sign a guest book in a small building called Window by the Pond, where

The snake shown here actually is the hinge of the sundial on the rear of the Singing Tower. A carving etched beneath the sundial commemorates the visit of President Calvin Coolidge at the gardens’ formal dedication in 1929.

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they can sit to gaze through a picture window to observe wildlife. The visitors come from diverse places, but seem to share a common appreciation of the Lake Wales gem. “Came here for an hour, will spend the day here,” jotted a visitor from California. “Best day in Florida,” scribbled a New Yorker. “Beautiful, tranquil, spiritual,” wrote a visitor from Rhode Island. “Peaceful, lovely and a real treat to visit,” opined a New Mexico guest. Attendance fluctuates throughout the year, with January through April drawing the biggest crowds. No matter when visitors drop in, though, there’s plenty to see. “We plan for year-round color and interest,” Price said. The camellias, for instance, bloom in fall and winter, while azaleas blossom in spring. A table outside the visitor center displays a collection of vases holding cuttings to let guests know what’s in bloom. There’s an interesting display inside the visitor center detailing Bok’s life, there’s a film that tells the attraction’s story, and there are numerous displays about the garden, area wildlife and the carillon. Pinewood Estate, a 20-room Mediterranean-style mansion, also is open for self-guided tours for an additional charge. From its beginning, Bok Tower Gardens has sought to be someplace special. Besides bringing in Olmsted and Medary, Bok also hired Lee Lawrie of New York, Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia, and J.H. Dulles-Allen of the

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Enfield Pottery and Tile Works in Pennsylvania to work on the project. Lawrie designed sculptures to be executed in marble. Yellin made wrought-iron pieces for the tower’s interior and bridge. He also created a series of panels on the tower’s massive brass door, recounting the biblical story of creation. Dulles-Allen did the tile work on eight grilles enclosing the bell chamber. While enjoying its rich history, Bok Tower Gardens is mindful of a need to remain relevant during changing times, Price said. Along those lines, it has completed a 20-year master plan, and will begin work on the first phase this summer. Initial changes will include additional gardens, work to restore a sand hill and new surfacing on key paths to make it easier to get around. Some things, however, will not change. When Bok Tower Gardens opened, Price said, “peace and tranquility was our theme.” Some things, it seems, never go out style.

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More than 36.1 million Americans will take to the road during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, kicking off a summer season where more than 8-in-10 travelers will drive to their destinations. “A long and unusually harsh winter gave many Americans the travel bug,” said Mark Jenkins, a spokesman with AAA, in a release. “Combine rising temperatures with signs of an improving economy, and travel for the holiday should hit a new post-recession high.” The amount of people traveling at least 50 miles from home is up 1.5 percent from 35.5 million people who traveled last year, AAA said. However, more than half — some 57 percent — are still working to finalize their travel plans with things such as hotel reservations, car rentals, and such. “Hotel and car rental reservations are filling up fast for Memorial Day,” said AAA Travel spokeswoman Jessica Brady, in a re-

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